<B>Spanish ballet promises ambitious dance mix</B><P>from The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Ballet Nacional de Espana will begin its first world tour under the leadership of a new artistic director, Elvira Andres, in Tokyo on Sept. 21. <P>The performances will comprise four works, including two dances, Nereidas and Soledad, that are new to ballet fans in Japan. <P>Nereidas, which premiered last September in Seville, Spain, tells the story of a mermaid who disguises herself as a dancer to lure a man. Choreographer Antonio Najarro created the work using elements of flamenco and modern dance. <P>Soledad is an ambitious work that aims to convey the beauty of dance through just one dancer. The piece was choreographed by Antonio Canales for dancer Jesus Cordoba.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><A HREF="http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=010906001916&query=ballet" TARGET=_blank><B>more....</B></A>

Take the Ballet Nacional de Espana, for example. Forget about delicate, skeletal figures, tottering en pointe and encased in nylon tutus. Instead think of a cry, similar to the call on to a marae, the hand movements of traditional Indian and Indonesian dance, and the compelling and captivating rhythms of Spanish flamenco music, and you have some idea.

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